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Posted: **Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:19 pm**

Hey, lets start talking about books, i can read as well!

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:31 am**

I like the new covers. They seem to fit with the new logo as well.

godardslave wrote:Hey, lets start talking about books, i can read as well!

I can't...

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:40 am**

jcelwin wrote:I like the new covers. They seem to fit with the new logo as well.

Yeah, I'm surprised at how much that "Wacky C" has grown on me. The only cover that it really bugs me on now is the slipcase for the Rohmer set. That cover was clearly designed with the old design in mind.

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:40 am**

I don't know, if you check out amazon.com they seem to have a wacky c-less cover and it looks great!

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:52 pm**

Soooo much better. They could even put the C on that Amazon cover and it would look okay.

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:28 pm**

I agree. The Amazon cover looks more like a book cover.

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:42 pm**

I think I prefer Suzanne on the criterion cover, though. She looks like she's wigging out on the amazon cover.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:40 am**

Wait, now Criterion is doing alternate covers for some of their DVDs? Is emulating a comic book industry practice one of their new business schemes all of a sudden?

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:51 am**

The criterion cover is like 17*better [1] than the amazon one.

Disclaimer: [1] The number 17 is subjective and based on aethestic judgments by godardslave alone. No mathematical equations were hurt during the computation of this number. Hi Mom. Eric Rohmer owns. Some aethestic taste might not be available in your area. Godardslave is not liable for any damages written or implied by this statement. If in doubt, consult your doctor. OK, i'm bored and should be working. All rights reserved.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:07 am**

AMB wrote:Wait, now Criterion is doing alternate covers for some of their DVDs? Is emulating a comic book industry practice one of their new business schemes all of a sudden?

They won't actually release both covers. Sometimes retailers are sent different artwork than Criterion ends up using. Criterion has also been known to change their own posted artwork prior to release. You can see some examples of alternate Criterion artwork here.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:19 am**

the six moral tales alternate at the bottom is something I made, to replicate the old cover design, but I guess we never made the section specific only to 'possible' alternate covers.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:34 am**

I could do without the "From the director of..." blurb (I'm hoping that will only be a sticker on the cellophane wrapper), but otherwise, I like it.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:44 am**

thats got to be the new sticker format. the colors are a bit odd to me, we'll see what it looks like when I get it in my hands.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:29 am**

It's beautiful.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:44 am**

SncDthMnky wrote:the colors are a bit odd to me, we'll see what it looks like when I get it in my hands.

Those are the same four colors that showed up on my CGA monitor in the 1980s.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:37 am**

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:48 pm**

I believe this is the first Criterion cover that says "A film by" in another language. This new desings are amazing. I'm beginning to love the "wacky c".

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:58 pm**

gigimonagas wrote:I believe this is the first Criterion cover that says "A film by" in another language.".

Ummm ... "Una PalÃcula de Alfonso Cuarón"?

But of course Criterion often has problems spelling even english words correctly.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:15 pm**

looks like Mike Mignola did the art, anyone know?

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:47 pm**

gigimonagas wrote:I believe this is the first Criterion cover that says "A film by" in another language. This new desings are amazing. I'm beginning to love the "wacky c".

It would also be the first " A film by the director of....", right? I'm not sure I'm buying this cover.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:37 pm**

Langlois68 wrote:It would also be the first " A film by the director of....", right? I'm not sure I'm buying this cover.

That may be, but it isn't as mercenary, on the part of Criterion, as the original marketing of those films by the director of 400 Blows.

Posted: **Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:41 am**

I don't want to keep ragging on this, but I think that the covers of clean, shaven and hands over the city look amazing except for the C's in the corner. I don't really like it on the other covers either but I think it's even more of a big deal when I really really like the cover designs except for the C's. Even if the C did fit in with these covers they've been showing, there's no way that the logo's could fit in with every single cover they release. There are rules of design (which can be bent to a great degree) but the blocky C and blocky tab are so distracting. The old Criterion logo was so less imposing than this one. It's just confusing.

Posted: **Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:41 am**

that'd be a shitty cover in any design template

Posted: **Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:11 am**

blindside8zao wrote:I don't want to keep ragging on this, but

Then don't.
This is the new Criterion identity, deal with it.

Posted: **Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:15 am**

BTW, that is one UGLY cover!

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